Climate averages 1991–2020
Aira weather
in March.
A mild, wet month: the 9th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Aira: daytime highs average 15.1°C and nights cool to about 6.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 153 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes March a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 58 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kirishima (17 km away). In March its highs average 16.1°C, 1.0°C warmer than Aira, with 157 mm of rain.
Among the 303 cities listed in Japan, Aira ranks 10th of 303 for the warmest March highs and 264th of 303 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 303 cities is 11.5°C; Aira is 3.6°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 4.4°C to 19.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 153 mm to 182 mm.
The annual picture
March in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Aira climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.5°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 81 | 9.6 | 10.310 h |
| February | 11.8°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 106 | 9.8 | 11.011 h |
| March, selected | 15.1°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 153 | 12.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 19.5°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 182 | 11.5 | 12.913 h |
| May | 23.5°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 205 | 11.7 | 13.814 h |
| June | 25.8°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 514 | 19.4 | 14.214 h |
| July | 29.4°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 336 | 20.0 | 14.014 h |
| August | 30.3°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 173 | 17.4 | 13.313 h |
| September | 28.0°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 197 | 14.5 | 12.412 h |
| October | 23.5°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 108 | 8.6 | 11.411 h |
| November | 18.1°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 111 | 8.7 | 10.611 h |
| December | 12.7°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 87 | 7.9 | 10.110 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
March in nearby cities
- Kirishima in MarchJapan · 17 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 6.8°C · 157 mm rain
- Kagoshima in MarchJapan · 23 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 8.6°C · 154 mm rain
- Sendai, Japan in MarchJapan · 28 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 9.2°C · 161 mm rain
- Miyakonojō in MarchJapan · 45 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 6.9°C · 159 mm rain
- Kanoya in MarchJapan · 50 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 8.1°C · 159 mm rain
- Miyazaki in MarchJapan · 79 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 8.8°C · 154 mm rain
- Honmachi in MarchJapan · 81 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 6.9°C · 133 mm rain
- Amakusa in MarchJapan · 85 kmHigh 14.7°C · Low 8.1°C · 131 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Aira) is explained once on the Aira year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.